Report from a workshop on scaling up urban and community resilience held by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in March 2014. The workshop brought together practitioners from American Red Cross chapters and national and internation programs as wells colleagues from the IFRC and Red Cross Glboal First Aid Centre. GDPC, 2013
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The report summarizes the sustainability issues faced by cities and points toward the road ahead. It reviews successes in policy as well as investment and discusses what is needed to reach out to the rapidly growing cities of the developing world and make them effective users of existing knowledge. The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/urbandevelopment/publication/building-sustainability-urbanizing-world
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This document has been produced as a response to calls from industry – infrastructure owners, investors and insurers – for a Government vision and policy on adapting infrastructure to climate change. It is designed to catalyse action to adapt infrastructure in the energy, ICT, transport and water sectors (infrastructure networks). It makes the case for action, identifies who
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This paper outlines the infrastructure resilience strategy of the Australian government. It examines a wide range of key issues including networks, supply chains, shared risk, cross-secotral approaches, and knock-on effects. Commonwealth of Australia 2010 Online version of report http://www.tisn.gov.au/Documents/Australian+Government+s+Critical+Infrastructure+Resilience+Strategy.pdf
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The report summarizes some of the presentations given at the 11. Forum Katastrophenvorsorge, 18.-19. January, 2011, in Potsdam/Germany. Link to document http://www.dkkv.org/DE/links/ressource.asp?ID=312
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This report examines the approaches small and mediums sized entreprises take to adapt to climate change impact, and analyses more in depth the enabling factors for climate change adaptation. Link to document http://www.dkkv.org/DE/publications/ressource.asp?ID=322
Mobilisierung des Privatsektors zur katastrophenpräventiven Anpassung an den Klimawandel Read More »
La geografía de la pobreza, los desastres y el clima extremo en 2030 examina la relación entre los desastres y la pobreza. Concluye que, para 2030, hasta 325 millones de personas extremadamente pobres habitarán en los 49 países más expuestos a la amenaza de los desastres ‘naturales’ y clima extremo si no se adoptan medidas para evitarlo. Localiza dónde es probable
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Ce rapport examine la relation entre les catastrophes et la pauvreté. Il conclut qu’en 2030, jusqu’à 325 millions de personnes extrêmement pauvres pourraient vivre dans les 49 pays les plus exposés aux risques de catastrophes naturelles et de conditions climatiques extrêmes si aucune une action concertée n’est réalisée. Il détermine les régions où les pauvres seront le plus susceptibles de se trouver et en!n développe
Selon les chiffres présentés dans ce rapport, les catastrophes auraient fait en 2012 moins de morts, de blessés ou de sinistrés que pendant toute autre année de la décennie précédente. Si cette baisse est une bonne nouvelle, elle est due aussi à l’absence de catastrophes comparables au tsunami de 2004 dans l’océan Indien, au cyclone
In 2012, fewer people were reported to have died or been affected as a result of disasters than any other year during the previous decade, according to figures presented in this report. While these numbers are positive news, they also reflect the absence of major events like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Cyclone Nargis in
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